Iowa Caucuses

Nikki Haley Came in Third in Iowa Because…Racism – HotAir

MSNBC is gonna MSNBC. One of the cable network’s hosts, Joy Reid, is known for provocative statements and a tendency to cry racism in any conversation. Remaining true to form, during a panel discussion Monday night as the Iowa caucuses were happening, Reid brazenly blamed Nikki Haley’s third place showing on racism. Joy Reid’s hot […]

Asa Hutchinson Suspends His Campaign – HotAir

Asa Hutchinson suspended his presidential campaign today. I know what you’re thinking – he was still in the race? Yes, he was and had been campaigning in Iowa. He finished sixth in the Iowa caucuses. I guess after Vivek Ramaswamy suspended his campaign immediately after coming in fourth and endorsing Trump Monday night, Hutchinson realized […]

Did AP, TV Nets Call Iowa Too Early? – HotAir

For readers following the Iowa caucus live, the rush to declare Donald Trump the winner may have caught them off guard. It certainly seemed fast to me, although it also produced the exact result most of us expected anyway. Ron DeSantis and the Iowa Republican Party didn’t appreciate the quick call, however. GOP chair Jeff […]

Ramaswamy Gone But Not Forgotten – HotAir

The 2024 GOP caucuses in Iowa ended pretty much precisely as so many had predicted. The polls were not “massively off” and while the nasty weather no doubt kept some people home, the forecasted numbers didn’t shift significantly. Donald Trump finished with more than half of the vote while DeSantis and Halley trailed in the […]

Nikki Haley Still Can’t Define the Word ‘Woman’ – HotAir

How hard is this? There is a perfectly consistent argument to be made by libertarian-leaning conservatives that the state has no business keeping adults from mutilating their bodies however they want. After all, nobody seems interested in keeping the extreme body modification folks from turning themselves into fake lizards or even Devils. But answering the […]